Nüremberg, an interesting old Bavarian town on the Pegnitz, 95 m. N. of Münich, is full of quaint and picturesque mediæval architecture in fine preservation; has valuable art collections, a fine library, and a museum; is noted for the production of watches, toys, wood, metal, bone carvings, beer, and chemicals, and exports large quantities of hops; was made a free imperial city in 1219, and retained independence up to 1806.
Population (circa 1900) given as 143,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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